Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hB9F9um00573; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:09:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:09:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20031209.100609.1796.0.billfried@juno.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Bill D. Fried" <billfried@juno.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3076] RE: Lab Resource - Deep Freeze X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.33 Status: O Content-Length: 2077 Lines: 64 We've been using it on about a dozen computers for about half a year with no problems. It has made a very significant difference, and I'm not calling our backup techie to fix the mess the young 'uns make with the registry etc. You can designate certain areas to keep test scores and other data you want to put on the hard drive, so I don't see any down side to it. Bill Fried, Lakeview Manor On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:50:12 -0500 (EST) "Stacie Lynch-Newberg" <SNEWBERG@wwcc.cc.wy.us> writes: > Our lab looked into the software, and decided not to use it. Keep in > mind the program blocks all information altered and saved to the > computer, including the student's scores/results from software ran > in > the lab. > Stacie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On > Behalf Of Jeff Carter > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:35 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3073] Lab Resource - Deep Freeze > > (Also posted on www.literacytech.org/blog.html) > > I recently saw a reference on Macintouch about a new utility that > may > be very useful to people responsible for labs. It's called Deep > Freeze. > Basically, it protects any computer (there's both a Mac and PC > version) from any kind of tampering or changes. Anything a user does > > can be made temporary, including software installation, downloads, > or > adding/deleting/renaming files and folders. The machine is > completely > restored to its original configuration either at login, after a > restart, or after a selected time interval. I guess there's been a > version out for a few years for Windows, and now there is a Mac > version. > > <http://www.deepfreezeusa.com/index.htm> > > --- > > Does anyone here use it or something like it? It sounds pretty cool. > > > Jeff > > ----------------------- > Jeff Carter > jcarter@worlded.org > ----------------------- > www.worlded.org > www.literacytech.org > www.literacytech.org/blog.html > www.brilliantbeast.com > ----------------------- > > >
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